In case it is not obvious, whilst many of these quotations are consistent with Taking Children Seriously, many of them are not. Sometimes it is just interesting that that person said it, or it is interesting for some other reason.
“A child, from the age of seven to twelve, should not study more than an hour at a time; each hour of study being followed by an hour of relaxation. Four hours a day of study is enough for a child of that period of life. The system adopted by the majority of schools is too confining. From nine to twelve, then half or one hour of relaxation, to return to the desk until three or four o’clock, is too exhausting.”
– Tullio S. Verdi, 1870, Maternity: A Popular Treatise For Young Wives and Mothers
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Taking Children Seriously, ‘Quotations V’, https://takingchildrenseriously.com/quotations/